16 Jul
2007
16 Jul
'07
3:53 p.m.
All,
[...]
(Actually, I'm not sure if LEO I was ever used
outside of Lyons - I think it
may have been the later LEO II that was their first true commercial machine)
The first LEO installed outside Lyons was LEO II/3 at the Stewarts and
Lloyds steelworks in Corby. It ran successfully from May 1958 to 1971!
If people are interested, the book, "A Computer Called LEO" by
Georgina Ferry, ISBN 1-84115-186-6 is a good read. I have it sat next
to my computer at the moment and it made a useful reference for the
above!
Simon
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"Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to
philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is
the utility of the final product."
Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh